#pastry mold

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This wooden pastry mold was used to make springerle, a type of cookie that originated in southern Germany about five hundred years ago. The imprinted cookies were traditionally made for ceremonies and celebrations, and are now typically prepared to mark Christian holidays, such as Christmas. Springerle molds made in Pennsylvania by German immigrants showed wide variations in design—this particular mold is carved with birds in their native habitats. What are some of your family’s favorite cookie traditions?

“Pastry Mold,” 1843, made in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 

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Tragacanth pastry mold

Berlin, ca.1800

Pear wood, carved

Museum Europäischer Kulturen der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin

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This wooden pastry mold was used to make springerle, a type of cookie that originated in southern Germany about five hundred years ago. The imprinted cookies were traditionally made for ceremonies and celebrations, and are now typically prepared to mark Christian holidays, such as Christmas. Springerle molds made in Pennsylvania by German immigrants showed wide variations in design—this particular mold is carved with birds in their native habitats. What are some of your family’s favorite cookie traditions?

“Pastry Mold,” 1843, made in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

[philamuseum]

This wooden pastry mold was used to make springerle, a type of cookie that originated in southern Germany about five hundred years ago. The imprinted cookies were traditionally made for ceremonies and celebrations, and are now typically prepared to mark Christian holidays, such as Christmas. Springerle molds made in Pennsylvania by German immigrants showed wide variations in design—this particular mold is carved with birds in their native habitats. What are some of your family’s favorite cookie traditions?

“Pastry Mold,” 1843, made in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Pastry Mold

Tamsweg, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria, ca.1800

Spruce wood, carved

Museum Europäischer Kulturen der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin

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Pastry Mold Top 20 Buying Guide

Pastry Mold Top 20 Buying Guide

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